implanting

verb

Definition of implantingnext
present participle of implant
1
as in planting
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics

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as in embedding
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out

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“Implanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implanting. Accessed 27 Jan. 2023.

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